CEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cement mean? 

• CEMENT (noun)
  The noun CEMENT has 5 senses:

1. concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement

2. a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar

3. something that hardens to act as adhesive material

4. any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth

5. a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth

  Familiarity information: CEMENT used as a noun is common.

• CEMENT (verb)
  The verb CEMENT has 3 senses:

1. make fast as if with cement

2. cover or coat with cement

3. bind or join with or as if with cement

  Familiarity information: CEMENT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Context example:

they stood on the grey cement beside the pool

Hypernyms ("cement" is a kind of...):

concrete (a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cement" is a kind of...):

building material (material used for constructing buildings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cement"):

hydraulic cement; Portland cement (a cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result)

Holonyms ("cement" is a substance of...):

concrete (a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water)

mortar (used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall)

Derivation:

cement (bind or join with or as if with cement)

cement (cover or coat with cement)

cementitious (like or relevant to or having the properties of cement)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Something that hardens to act as adhesive material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cement" is a kind of...):

adhesive; adhesive agent; adhesive material (a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cement"):

glue; gum; mucilage (cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive)

putty (a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass)

iron putty (a cement resembling putty; made by mixing ferric oxide and boiled linseed oil; is acid resistant)

red-lead putty (a cement resembling putty; made by mixing white and red lead in boiled linseed oil; used as luting on pipe fittings)

mastic (a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler)

Derivation:

cementitious (like or relevant to or having the properties of cement)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cement" is a kind of...):

fill; filling (any material that fills a space or container)

Derivation:

cement (bind or join with or as if with cement)

cement (cover or coat with cement)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cement; cementum

Hypernyms ("cement" is a kind of...):

solid body substance (the solid parts of the body)

Holonyms ("cement" is a part of...):

root (the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair)

• CEMENT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they cement    ... he / she / it cements   
Past simple: cemented   
Past participle: cemented   
-ing form: cementing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make fast as if with cement

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

We cemented our friendship

Hypernyms (to "cement" is one way to...):

bind (make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cover or coat with cement

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "cement" is one way to...):

coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)

Verb group:

cement (bind or join with or as if with cement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cement (a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar)

cement (any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Bind or join with or as if with cement

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "cement" is one way to...):

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Verb group:

cement (cover or coat with cement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cement (a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar)

cement (any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth)

 Context examples 

Other potential uses of vaterite include improving the cements used in orthopaedic surgery and as an industrial application improving the quality of papers for inkjet printing by reducing the lateral spread of ink.

(Rare mineral discovered in plants for first time, University of Cambridge)

Once this instrument is withdrawn, the space created is then filled with bone cement mixture.

(Kyphoplasty, NCI Thesaurus)

An inactive ingredient of the solid pharmaceutical dosage form added to cement the active and inert components of tablets together to maintain cohesive and discrete portions.

(Binder Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)

The term refers particularly, to thermoplastic and thermosetting resins, poly-siloxanes, polymers associated with restorative materials; ionic polymers, silicones, polymethylmethacrylate, BIS-GMA, reinforced polymers, composites, metals, cements, dental porcelains, etc.

(Dental Material, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Methyl methacrylate is a reactive resin, and the polymerized form is used as cement in dentistry, orthopaedic surgery and ophthalmology.

(Methyl Methacrylate, NCI Thesaurus)

It enhances the attachment of resin cements or restorative materials to the surface.

(Microetching, NCI Thesaurus)

A rod that a dentist has positioned and then cemented in the canal space in a tooth's root.

(Dental Post, NCI Thesaurus)

A cement like material used for apical seals and as a reparative material for perforation of the tooth root.

(MTA Cement, NCI Thesaurus)

That Wolf Larsen had turned the liquor loose among his men surprised me, but he evidently knew their psychology and the best method of cementing in cordiality, what had begun in bloodshed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

An accidental circumstance cemented the intimacy between Steerforth and me, in a manner that inspired me with great pride and satisfaction, though it sometimes led to inconvenience.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)